844 CDUS44 KLCH 301245 CLILCH CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES, LA 645 AM CST FRI DEC 30 2016 ................................... ...THE LAKE CHARLES CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR DECEMBER 29 2016... CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1981 TO 2010 CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1895 TO 2016 WEATHER ITEM OBSERVED TIME RECORD YEAR NORMAL DEPARTURE LAST VALUE (LST) VALUE VALUE FROM YEAR NORMAL .................................................................. TEMPERATURE (F) YESTERDAY MAXIMUM 71 754 AM 78 1984 62 9 54 1971 1928 MINIMUM 51 1159 PM 26 1983 43 8 40 1912 AVERAGE 61 52 9 47 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY T 2.51 2010 0.17 -0.17 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 8.84 4.36 4.48 3.17 SINCE DEC 1 8.84 4.36 4.48 3.17 SINCE JAN 1 71.66 57.17 14.49 64.77 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 0.0 MM 0.0 0.0 0.0 MONTH TO DATE 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 SINCE DEC 1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 SINCE JUL 1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 SNOW DEPTH 0 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 4 13 -9 18 MONTH TO DATE 230 338 -108 182 SINCE DEC 1 230 338 -108 182 SINCE JUL 1 324 545 -221 258 COOLING YESTERDAY 0 1 -1 0 MONTH TO DATE 56 29 27 57 SINCE DEC 1 56 29 27 57 SINCE JAN 1 3255 2818 437 3173 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 35 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION NE (30) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 46 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION N (20) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 11.9 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.4 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. FOG RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 97 600 AM LOWEST 24 200 PM AVERAGE 61 .......................................................... THE LAKE CHARLES CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 62 80 1964 1934 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 42 21 1983 SUNRISE AND SUNSET DECEMBER 30 2016......SUNRISE 709 AM CST SUNSET 523 PM CST DECEMBER 31 2016......SUNRISE 709 AM CST SUNSET 524 PM CST - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$